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Was the Garden of Eden created on the third or sixth day of Creation?
I am having serious problems interpreting this passage from Genesis involving the Garden of Eden.
According to Genesis 2:8-17, where the creation of the Garden is described, it seems to say that the ...
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Did The Creator intend at first for Adam and Eve to have children?
We know that Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel and their 600 (I forgot the exact number) after Heaven was taken from them for consuming the fruit. But if hypothetically, if they hadn't sinned, would they ...
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What is the scriptural basis for believing that animals talking was normal before the Fall?
In the book of Genesis, the serpent speaks to Eve at Genesis 3:1-5.
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the
LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really ...
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Was Adam really "alone" if God took 'Woman out of Man'? Is a woman alone if out of her womb 'a new one' comes? [closed]
Texts (from the Complete Jewish Bible translation):
Genesis 2:18 (CJB):
ADONAI, God, said, “It isn’t good that the person should be alone. I will make for him a companion suitable for helping him.”
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How long did Adam stay in Eden?
Are there hints in the Bible or are there any hypotheses about the period of time Adam and Eve sojourned in Eden after their creation?
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How many, if any, denominations hold that Adam and Eve were perfect before the fall?
This question asks how Adam and Eve could choose to sin if they were perfect, and in a personal conversation recently someone stated "They were a little bit depraved. Even 'very good' is not ...
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Do Christians believe that Adam and Eve were Christians?
I don't think I have ever heard either a Christian or a Jew or anyone else really refer to Adam and Eve by their race/religion.
It appears as if they are considered "pre-race" or "pre-...
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Did Adam need to have faith for his salvation?
As ridiculous as this question may sound, I believe it has some point. Did Adam need to have faith for his salvation? If yes, what kind of faith? Definitely, he didn't need to have faith in the ...
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Genesis 2:17 and free will
One of the most flexible Christian answers to the Problem of evil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil) is that God must allow the possibility of evil for Men to be free (although I would ...
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In Genesis 2:17, is God telling a lie for a greater good?
Please be aware that my knowledge of theology is very limited, and thus can make my question naive
I was under the impression that the end should not justify the means in the spirit of the Bible.
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For those who believe there was no historical Adam and Eve, how does Christianity make sense?
How can Christianity make sense without a literal Adam and Eve? I have heard many Christians (particularly Catholics) try and be conciliatory with modern science by claiming that Adam and Eve were not ...
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If Adam and Eve have not sin, would there be any population on earth? [closed]
In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were innocent until they both ate the fruit of knowledge and evil and the curtain of their innocence were exposed and realised that they were naked. Having said ...
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Is Pre-Adamism considered heretical by any mainstream denominations?
I came across an article on the existence of Pre-Adamite beings. The article refutes their existence but claims it is a belief held by "many evangelicals". As far as I can find, no major ...
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If God know everything prior to its happen then was God unable to know that Adam and Eve will sin? If He knew then why did He kept that there? [duplicate]
God knows everything. He must have known that Adam and Eve will sin. So why did He knowing that they will sin made that situation to happen?
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Why are Adam and Eve considered married?
It seems fairly common for Christians to refer to Adam and Eve has being husband and wife. In particular, when (in my experience, evangelical) Christians are discussing questions of sex and marriage, ...
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Will Adam and Eve be resurrected to eternal life or are they dead forever?
Ge 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (KJV)
The penalty for sin is death.
Ge 3/19 In ...
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The first conception or the first coitus?
Genesis 4:1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she
conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a
manchild with the help of the Lord."
Why do some theologians (...
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Do any Christian traditions exist as to what type of animal skin did God clothe Adam and Eve with?
I must be alone to understand that since man failed to listen to God more than the female that both failed to be innocent, Therefore not being as lambs in spiritual dogma they must have been dressed ...
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How many wives did Adam have?
Genesis 1:26 says:
26 Then God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, ...
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Were Adam and Eve ever given the permission by God to procreate?
If it was wrong to know that you were naked. How could it be right to procreate. Procreation is caused massive chaos in the world. It is also responsible for overpopulation of the universe. And also ...
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Was Adam blaming Eve?
Genesis 3:12 says:
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me
fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
I've heard several people interpret this verse as Adam blaming God and / or ...
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What is the envy of Satan to Adam & Eve that resulted in the entry of death in the Garden of Eden?
Wisdom 2:23-25 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
23 For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.
24 But by the envy of the devil, death came into the ...
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Does the word "touch" in Genesis 3:3 orginate from Eve or Satan?
The Serpent's Deception
The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruitof the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of ...
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Is there any Denomination which think that the "serpent" at the beginning of his existence in Eden is not a bad being?
This question raised after my other question here
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you ...
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According to Mormons, why did God make Eve's childbearing painful?
This question is about the following explanation from this page at lds.org:
“If Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would
have remained in the garden of Eden. And all ...
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According to the Bible narrative, who was the second descendant of Adam to die?
I was reading a sister site question, "How long (if at all), will it take for the amount of living to exceed the dead population?" and as I read through the answers I realized that until the death of ...
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With whom did Abel and Seth marry? [duplicate]
Adam and Eve have two sons, Abel and Cain.
Cain slew Abel because of jealousy.
Then Genesis 4, Cain got married, but to whom?
Adam and eve were the first two persons in this world and that makes ...
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Do Lutherans believe in a literal interpretation of Genesis?
Do Lutherans believe that the story of Adam and Eve and all the book of Genesis is to be taken as literal truth?
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What language did Adam speak?
Is it possible to know the language that Adam and Eve spoke?
I am not interested in "how did Adam and then Eve, learned to speak", but rather is it possible to know the language that was ...
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If Adam is an allegorical character, which Bible character in messianic genealogy is the first real human?
Whenever a question is posed about Adam, Eve, or other characters and events described in the book of Genesis, inevitably some answers state that these events are allegorical. So I would like an ...
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Did the forbidden fruit make us wise? [closed]
The serpent said so. The gnostics said so. Many others say so. But what does Christians say? And how do they interpret the bible?
In my Swedish translation it simply states that Eve gained wisdom, ...
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How do Theistic Evolutionists reconcile that Eve was called the "the mother of all living?"
What is the Theistic Evolutionist's interpretation of these passages that seem to indicate that Eve was the first mother, and therefore the mother of all humanity?
The man called his wife's name Eve, ...
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Did God change the DNA and genetics of Adam's rib? [closed]
I recently read an article which talked about Mitochondrial DNA, and it placed quite a bit of emphasis on how different female DNA was from male DNA. It even went so far as to say that Mitochondrial ...
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What is the basis for the belief that Eve was created on the sixth day, like Adam?
I have always thought that Eve was created on the sixth day, a bit later in the day than Adam. However, I recently discovered that some believe Eve was created on a later day.
What, then, is the ...
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In Mormonism, how is the doctrine of Adam & Eve inability to have children prior to the Fall explained?
Inspired by this answer to a previous question, in which the answerer stated:
"For example, the Book of Mormon adds the belief that Adam and Eve could not have children before the Fall."
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What are the various evangelical views regarding the agricultural revolution and it's impact on primeval history in Genesis?
According to Genesis 4, both Cain and Abel were agriculturists, however, modern anthropologists and paleontologists hold that human societies had been around for thousands or millions of years prior ...
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Where did the notion that Adam and Eve ate an APPLE come from?
Contrary to popular belief no mention of the fruit being an apple can be found in the Book of Genesis.
Jewish commentaries recorded in the Midrash Rabbah speculate that the tree might have been a ...
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Did Adam and Eve have children in paradise? [closed]
I was just reading the account of Adam and Eve in the NIV 84 and it doesn't really say they didn't.
The Bible does mention when Sarah had her first boy. When Mary had her first son. But not really ...
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If Adam and Eve were exempt from death, why did they need to eat? [closed]
Genesis 2:17 gives the implication that Adam and Eve were exempt from death prior to eating from the tree of knowledge, and indeed many literalists take this view.
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What Christian groups believe sex was the original sin, and not disobedience?
There is a story in the Bible that Adam and Eve ate the fruit and thus sinned against God. But other religions, including some Christians, describe that they were having intercourse and that's why God ...
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What does it mean that Eve was beguiled?
In Genesis 3:13 (King James Version) we read that Eve was "beguiled":
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ...
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Why is the curse of original sin not specific to humans?
From what I learned in church the whole world "fell" after Adam sinned.
Now the typical question is why should everyone have to pay the price and is usually answered by we would have done the same if ...
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Why did God make garments of skin for Adam and Eve when they had already made clothing for themselves? [closed]
Immediately after Adam and Eve sinned, we are told that they made clothing for themselves.
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together ...
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What does "two becoming one flesh" refer to? [closed]
In the Bible, when it refers to “two becoming one flesh”, does it mean that
the physical act of sex creates a position where both bodies are connected?
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the flesh (DNA) from the man and and the ...
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Did Adam and Eve ever practice animal sacrifice?
Genesis 8:20 (NIV) Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking
some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt
offerings on it.
Noah sacrificed burnt offerings. What about ...
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According to the YEC view, did the animals eat the forbidden fruit?
Assuming the Young Earth Creationist view that the Genesis account is literal history...
When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit they were condemned to death which caused every subsequent human to ...
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What are the Biblical and theological problems with theistic evolution?
Theistic evolution holds that God used evolution to create mankind. It seems to follow then that this view must also hold the creation account in Genesis to be unhistorical. So, Adam and Eve may ...
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How much of Genesis 2 *actually* occurred? [closed]
Building on this question...
How much of Genesis 2 actually occurred?
And how do historians/biblical scholars know that it occurred?
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How did the world get populated according to Bible?
Adam and Eve had only three sons (Cain, Abel, and Seth), but no daughters: how did the world get populated?
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